Commodity-cabinet.



PATENTED JULY 9, 1907. J. H. BOYE.

COMMODITY CABINET. APPLIGATIONHLBD sEPT.12,1906.

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No. 859.196. PATENTED JULY 9, 1907. J. H. BOYE.

COMMODITY CABINET.

APPLIoATIoN FILED sEPT.12,19 o6.

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gwmwfw UNITED STATES TATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. BOYE,v OF CICAGO, ILLINOlS,-ASSIGNOR TO THE BOYE NEEDLE COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

COMODITYCABINT.

needles, to enable the same' to be readily found by the sales clerks in stores.

My primary object isto provide means for preventing the accidental mixing of the articles in the various receptacles or compartments of the commodity carrier of sucha cabinet.

The invention is illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a broken plan viewof a commodity cabi.-

net equipped'Wit-h my improvements; Fig. 2, al ver- Fig. 3, a view of the cabinet with the top removed.

In the construction shown, A represents a casing equipped with atop a; and B, a'commodity cabinet mounted on a vertically disposed shaft Biwhoseupper end projects through the depressed central portion of the top a and is equipped with`an index pointer B2 which moves over anindex B3 with which the casing-top is provided.v The index pointer serves as a means for' rotating the shaft B1, and the carrier B, which is 'equipped with a plurality of radially disposed commodity receptacles, or. compartments b, is securedon the shaft to rotate therewith.

` The general construction `and operation of acom- -modity cabinet of'the character illustrated in the accompanying drawings will beunderstood by reference to Vmy Patent No. 823,202, granted .Tune 1 1906.

"The-casing' A may conveniently b e madeof sheetmetal, las may also the ca .rrier B. The casing bottom. is equipped with a bearing al for the lower end of the the annulus into the compartments b.' -Within the upper portion ofthe Iringb3 is fitted a disk or plate b5 through which the'greduced upper end of the shaft Bx extends.

-The casing-' top lis provided with a rectangular radial opening a2v which is normally covered by a closure a3v y whose inner end is equipped with a shank 'a" pivoted on the upper end of theshaft B1, andwhose outer end works in a segmental guide a5 with which-the casing-'- top isprovided. 'fThe'shank a4 of the closure extends some distance beyond the central post,` or shaft, Bl

I and is provided with a cam slot ae which receives a Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 12,1906. Serial No. $84,284.

Patented July '9, i907.

stud c7 projecting upwardly from a sliding locking member as which moves ina guide-loop a9 with which the casing-top is 'equipped-on its lowersurface. The sliding locking rriemberos is provided at its inner end with a slot alo which moves`on the reduced end of-theV shaft B1. The locking member aB has a point, or wedge-shaped extremity, ,all adapted to enter any one of a series of v-shaped notches al2 formed ina ring a13`on the upper surface of the peripheral portion ofthe disk 556i the carrier. The closure a3 is equipped ,near its base-portionwith a headed or knobbed stud a, which movesl in a segmental guideal5 with which the casing-top is provided at 4the inner end of the opening a2 therein.

The operation willv be readily understood. When the closure a3 of the casing is in position to cover the opening a2, as indicated by the full lines in Fig. 3, the

locking 'member a8 is.withdrawn `from engagement with the notched locking ring am. Whenv the closure a3 is thrown into the position indicated b'y dotted lines in Fig.' `3, to uncover the opening a2- of the casing, the locking member a8 is moved, through4 the medinm of the cam-pim a7 and cam-slot a into engagement opening. a? of the casing. It is understood, of course,

that the receptaclespfthe commodity carrier are, in

practice, 'filled with small articles, the index of the device serving-to indicate the character of the articles in any given receptacle. `Assuming the closure to be in -the'open condition, as when a clerk is engagediny making a sale, 'it wi-llbe seen that the commodity carrier cannot beturned idlyby a customer, or'by anyv other person, during a moment of inattention by the clerk, and thus the danger of articles being returned tothe wrong receptacles by the clerk is obviated. It

- is, .moreover, evident that should the commodity carrier not bebrought to exactly the right position to bring the desired receptacle beneath the opening in the casying-top'when the index pointeris turned for this purpose', the movement of throwing thel closure to thel 'open position will cause theT wedge-shaped locking member to-'enter a depression .in thelocking-.ring and.4

`impart suchll supplemental movement vto. the commodity carrier as may be necessary to. accurately locate thdesired receptacle beneath the opening in the i The-.foregoing detailed description has' been given for ,clearness of ,understandingonl and no undue limitation is to be understood therefrom.l

What I regard as new, and desire to secure byr I .etters Patent. is-d 1. The combination of alcasing equipped with a closure,`

a movable commodity carrier in said casingVand a closure actuated lock for the carrier. A

. 2. The combination of a casing equipped with a top pro vided with an opening, a rotary commodity cari-ier located in said casing and equipped with a plurality oflocking shoulders, a closure for said opening in thecasingetop, and

a locking-member actuated by said closure.

3. Thecombination of a casing, a movable commodity receptacle, a movable closure, and a closure-actuated lock! a closure for said opening pivotally connected with said shaft; and a lockingfmember for the carrier slidably connected with the casing-topand having lcamconnection with Asaid closure, for the purpose set forth.V

6.' The combinationof a casing equipped with a top pro- V vided with an opening, a rotary carrier within said casing ing means connected. with said shaft above said top, a ring on said carriervequipped with a series of notches, a closure for tha'opening in, said top having a shank pivotaliy Aconing beyond said shaft, anda` locking-member having cam connection with the projecting portion of said shank and l adapted to engage the notches of said ring. v

7. The combination of acasing, a. movable commodity receptacle, a movable closure, 'a lock for said receptacle,

and means for simultaneously opening the closure and Vmoving-the receptacle-lock to thellockingposition, for the purpose Set forth.`

8. The combination of a commodity-receptacle, a top surmounting said receptacle and provided with an opening, said parts being relatively movable, a movable closure for said opening, a lock, and means for simultaneously v-opening the closure and moving said lock to the locking position, 'whereby relative movement of the top and commodity receptacle is prevented when the clos'ure' is in the open position.\ I' v 1 y. .JAMES H, BOYE. In presence of,- v

L. HEISLAB, C. W. WAsHBUnNE.

`nected with said shaft and a portion of said shank project- 

